Claira (French pronunciation: [klɛʁa] (listen); Catalan: Clairà) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.[2]

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Commune
The church of Saint-Vincent, in Claira
Coat of arms
Location of Claira
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Coordinates: 42°45′40″N 2°57′22″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement	Perpignan
Canton	La Côte Salanquaise
Intercommunality	Corbières Salanque Méditerranée
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Marc Petit
Area 1	19.34 km2 (7.47 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[1]	4,470
• Density	230/km2 (600/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	66050 /66530
Elevation	5–20 m (16–66 ft) (avg. 10 m or 33 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Claira is located in the canton of La Côte Salanquaise and in the arrondissement of Perpignan.

Claira is located 5 km from Perpignan.

Population

See also

• Communes of the Pyrénées-Orientales department

References

External links

• Media related to Claira at Wikimedia Commons
• Histoire du Roussillon (French)

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